Important Art Terms
Across
- 5. the line in an artwork where the water or land ends and the sky begins.
- 8. a form of linear perspective in which all lines appear to meet at a single point on the horizon
- 10. the section of a picture which appears closest to the viewer and often is at the bottom of the picture
- 12. the process and result of critical thinking about art; usually involves the description, analysis, and interpretation of works of art, as well as judgment or determination of the quality of the piece
- 13. colors created when a primary color is mixed with a secondary color to create another color, such as red-violet, blue-green; also called tertiary colors
- 14. What colors are red, yellow & blue?
- 16. What colors are violet, green & orange?
- 17. A term given to forms created by the artist but usually derived from objects actually observed or experienced
- 18. the areas of space that are in and around the subject matter. The negative spaces define the subject matter
Down
- 1. balance in which the elements branch out from a central point
- 2. a color scheme that uses one color and all of the tones, tints, and shades that can be derived from it.
- 3. colors that are next to each other on the color wheel and are related by a single hue; e.g. red, red-orange, and orange .
- 4. Two colors which are directly opposite each other on the color wheel.
- 6. a type of perspective used by artists in which the relative size, shape, and position of objects are determined by drawn or imagined lines converging at a point on the horizon.
- 7. This designates the common name of a color and indicates its position in the spectrum or the color circle
- 9. colors that can be created by mixing a primary and a secondary color. The tertiary colors fall between primary and secondary colors on the color wheel
- 10. the area within a composition at which the emphasis is greatest and where the eye of the viewer continually comes to rest (the center of interest)
- 11. The materials used in creating a piece of artwork such as paint, marble, clay, or pastels, etc
- 15. the primary subject matter in a work of art, as opposed to the background or unoccupied spaces